diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell if test -f config.cache; t
 	@echo " Going to reconfigure with last known settings..."
 	@echo "----------------"
 # Make sure we don't lock config.cache
-	@$(shell cat config.cache | sed 's~\\ ~\\\\ ~g') || exit 1
+	@$(shell cat config.cache | sed 's@\\ @\\\\ @g') || exit 1
 	@echo "----------------"
 	@echo "Reconfig done. Please re-execute make."
 	@echo "----------------"
diff --git a/Makefile.msvc b/Makefile.msvc
--- a/Makefile.msvc
+++ b/Makefile.msvc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SRC_DIR = "$(ROOT_DIR)/src"
 BUNDLE_DIR = "$(ROOT_DIR)/bundle"
 BUNDLES_DIR = "$(ROOT_DIR)/bundles"
 TTD = "openttd.exe"
-TARGET := $(shell echo $(PLATFORM) | sed "s~win64~x64~;s~win32~Win32~")
+TARGET := $(shell echo $(PLATFORM) | sed "s@win64@x64@;s@win32@Win32@")
 
 all:
 	$(Q)cp objs/$(TARGET)/Release/$(TTD) $(BIN_DIR)/$(TTD)
diff --git a/Makefile.src.in b/Makefile.src.in
--- a/Makefile.src.in
+++ b/Makefile.src.in
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ENDIAN_TARGETS := endian_target.h $(ENDI
 # For more information, please check:
 #  http://maillist.openttd.org/pipermail/devs/2007-April/000284.html
 #  http://maillist.openttd.org/pipermail/devs/2007-February/000248.html
-GCC295_FIX=sed -r 's~^(\t*)(.*)( const )([A-Za-z0-9_ ]+(\[.*\]){2,})(( = \{)|(;))(.*)$$~\1\2 \4\6\8\9~g'
+GCC295_FIX=sed -r 's@^(\t*)(.*)( const )([A-Za-z0-9_ ]+(\[.*\]){2,})(( = \{)|(;))(.*)$$@\1\2 \4\6\8\9@g'
 # This 'sed' removes the 3rd '4' in the # lines of the -E output of
 #  gcc 2.95.3 and lower, as it should indicate that it is a C-linkage, but the
 #  compiler can't handle that information (just don't ask). So we remove it
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ GCC295_FIX=sed -r 's~^(\t*)(.*)( const )
 # Furthermore gcc 2.95 has some trouble with protected and private when
 #  accessing the protected/private stuff of the enclosing class (or the
 #  super class of the enclosing class).
-GCC295_FIX_2=sed -e 's~\(^\# [0-9][0-9]* "[^"]*"[ 0-9]*\) 4$$~\1~g;s~private:~public:~g;s~protected:~public:~g'
+GCC295_FIX_2=sed -e 's@\(^\# [0-9][0-9]* "[^"]*"[ 0-9]*\) 4$$@\1@g;s@private:@public:@g;s@protected:@public:@g'
 
 # Check if we want to show what we are doing
 ifdef VERBOSE
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ MODIFIED := $(shell echo "$(VERSIONS)" |
 ifdef REVISION
 # Use specified revision (which should be of the form "r000").
 REV := $(REVISION)
-REV_NR := $(shell echo $(REVISION) | sed "s~[^0-9]~~g")
+REV_NR := $(shell echo $(REVISION) | sed "s@[^0-9]@@g")
 else
 # Use autodetected revisions
 REV      := $(shell echo "$(VERSIONS)" | cut -f 1 -d'	')
@@ -144,15 +144,15 @@ endif
 
 $(OBJS_C:%.o=%.d): %.d: $(SRC_DIR)/%.c $(FILE_DEP)
 	$(E) '$(STAGE) DEP $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/%.c=%.c)'
-	$(Q)$(CC_HOST) $(CC_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< | sed 's~^$(@F:%.d=%.o):~$@ $(@:%.d=%.o):~' > $@
+	$(Q)$(CC_HOST) $(CC_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< | sed 's@^$(@F:%.d=%.o):@$@ $(@:%.d=%.o):@' > $@
 
 $(OBJS_CPP:%.o=%.d): %.d: $(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp $(FILE_DEP)
 	$(E) '$(STAGE) DEP $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp=%.cpp)'
-	$(Q)$(CXX_HOST) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< | sed 's~^$(@F:%.d=%.o):~$@ $(@:%.d=%.o):~' > $@
+	$(Q)$(CXX_HOST) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< | sed 's@^$(@F:%.d=%.o):@$@ $(@:%.d=%.o):@' > $@
 
 $(OBJS_MM:%.o=%.d): %.d: $(SRC_DIR)/%.mm $(FILE_DEP)
 	$(E) '$(STAGE) DEP $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/%.mm=%.mm)'
-	$(Q)$(CC_HOST) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< | sed 's~^$(@F:%.d=%.o):~$@ $(@:%.d=%.o):~' > $@
+	$(Q)$(CC_HOST) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< | sed 's@^$(@F:%.d=%.o):@$@ $(@:%.d=%.o):@' > $@
 
 $(OBJS_RC:%.o=%.d): %.d: $(SRC_DIR)/%.rc $(FILE_DEP)
 	$(E) '$(STAGE) DEP $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/%.mm=%.mm)'
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ endif
 
 # Convert x:/... paths to /x/... for mingw
 ifeq ($(OS), MINGW)
-	@cat Makefile.dep.tmp | sed 's~\([a-zA-Z]\):\/~\/\1\/~g' > Makefile.dep.tmp.mingw
+	@cat Makefile.dep.tmp | sed 's@\([a-zA-Z]\):\/@\/\1\/@g' > Makefile.dep.tmp.mingw
 	@cp Makefile.dep.tmp.mingw Makefile.dep.tmp
 	@rm -f Makefile.dep.tmp.mingw
 endif
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ endif
 	{                                   \
 		print $$0                         \
 	}                                   \
-	' < Makefile.dep.tmp | sed 's~  *~ ~g;s~ $$~~' | $(SORT) > Makefile.dep
+	' < Makefile.dep.tmp | sed 's@  *@ @g;s@ $$@@' | $(SORT) > Makefile.dep
 
 	$(Q)rm -f Makefile.dep.tmp Makefile.dep.tmp.bak
 
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ endian_target.h: $(ENDIAN_CHECK) $(CONFI
 # Revision files
 
 $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp: $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in
-	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in      | sed "s~@@REVISION@@~$(REV_NR)~g;s~@@VERSION@@~$(REV)~g;s~@@MODIFIED@@~$(MODIFIED)~g;s~@@DATE@@~`date +%d.%m.%y`~g" > $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp
+	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in      | sed "s@\!\!REVISION\!\!@$(REV_NR)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(REV)@g;s@!!MODIFIED!!@$(MODIFIED)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp
 
 $(SRC_DIR)/ottdres.rc: $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) $(SRC_DIR)/ottdres.rc.in
-	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/ottdres.rc.in | sed "s~@@REVISION@@~$(REV_NR)~g;s~@@VERSION@@~$(REV)~g;s~@@DATE@@~`date +%d.%m.%y`~g" > $(SRC_DIR)/ottdres.rc
+	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/ottdres.rc.in | sed "s@\!\!REVISION\!\!@$(REV_NR)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(REV)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/ottdres.rc
 
 FORCE:
 
diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ save_params() {
 	configure="$CONFIGURE_EXECUTABLE --ignore-extra-parameters"
 	for p in $save_params_array; do
 		eval "v=\"\$$p\""
-		p=`echo "$p" | sed 's~_~-~g;s~\n~~g;s~ ~\\ ~g'`
+		p=`echo "$p" | sed 's@_@-@g;s@\n@@g;s@ @\\ @g'`
 		# Only save those params that aren't empty
 		configure="$configure --$p=\"$v\""
 	done
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ check_params() {
 			doc_dir="$data_dir/docs"
 		fi
 	else
-		doc_dir="`echo $doc_dir | sed 's~\([^\]\)\\\\ ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g;s~\([^\]\) ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g'`"
+		doc_dir="`echo $doc_dir | sed 's@\([^\]\)\\\\ @\1\\\\\\\\ @g;s@\([^\]\) @\1\\\\\\\\ @g'`"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$icon_theme_dir" = "1" ]; then
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ check_params() {
 			icon_theme_dir=""
 		fi
 	else
-		icon_theme_dir="`echo $icon_theme_dir | sed 's~\([^\]\)\\\\ ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g;s~\([^\]\) ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g'`"
+		icon_theme_dir="`echo $icon_theme_dir | sed 's@\([^\]\)\\\\ @\1\\\\\\\\ @g;s@\([^\]\) @\1\\\\\\\\ @g'`"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$personal_dir" = "1" ]; then
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ check_params() {
 			personal_dir=".openttd"
 		fi
 	else
-		personal_dir="`echo $personal_dir | sed 's~\([^\]\)\\\\ ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g;s~\([^\]\) ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g'`"
+		personal_dir="`echo $personal_dir | sed 's@\([^\]\)\\\\ @\1\\\\\\\\ @g;s@\([^\]\) @\1\\\\\\\\ @g'`"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$shared_dir" = "1" ]; then
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ check_params() {
 			shared_dir=""
 		fi
 	else
-		shared_dir="`echo $shared_dir | sed 's~\([^\]\)\\\\ ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g;s~\([^\]\) ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g'`"
+		shared_dir="`echo $shared_dir | sed 's@\([^\]\)\\\\ @\1\\\\\\\\ @g;s@\([^\]\) @\1\\\\\\\\ @g'`"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$man_dir" = "1" ]; then
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ check_params() {
 			man_dir=""
 		fi
 	else
-		man_dir="`echo $man_dir | sed 's~\([^\]\)\\\\ ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g;s~\([^\]\) ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g'`"
+		man_dir="`echo $man_dir | sed 's@\([^\]\)\\\\ @\1\\\\\\\\ @g;s@\([^\]\) @\1\\\\\\\\ @g'`"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$menu_dir" = "1" ]; then
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ check_params() {
 			menu_dir=""
 		fi
 	else
-		menu_dir="`echo $menu_dir | sed 's~\([^\]\)\\\\ ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g;s~\([^\]\) ~\1\\\\\\\\ ~g'`"
+		menu_dir="`echo $menu_dir | sed 's@\([^\]\)\\\\ @\1\\\\\\\\ @g;s@\([^\]\) @\1\\\\\\\\ @g'`"
 	fi
 
 	# "set_universal_binary_flags" needs to be before "detect_iconv"
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ make_cflags_and_ldflags() {
 	if [ -n "$sdl_config" ]; then
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DWITH_SDL"
 		# SDL must not add _GNU_SOURCE as it breaks many platforms
-		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `$sdl_config --cflags | sed 's~-D_GNU_SOURCE[^ ]*~~'`"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `$sdl_config --cflags | sed 's@-D_GNU_SOURCE[^ ]*@@'`"
 		if [ "$os" != "MINGW" ] && [ "$os" != "CYGWIN" ] && [ "$os" != "WINCE" ]; then
 			if [ "$enable_static" != "0" ]; then
 				LIBS="$LIBS `$sdl_config --static-libs`"
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ make_cflags_and_ldflags() {
 			if [ "$os" = "OSX" ]; then
 				# fontconfig_config goes via pkg-config on all systems, which doesn't know --prefix
 				# Also, despite the reason we link to the .a file ourself (because we can't use -static), we do need to ask pkg-config about possible other deps
-				LIBS="$LIBS `$fontconfig_config --variable=prefix`/lib/libfontconfig.a `$fontconfig_config --libs --static | sed s~-lfontconfig~~`"
+				LIBS="$LIBS `$fontconfig_config --variable=prefix`/lib/libfontconfig.a `$fontconfig_config --libs --static | sed s@-lfontconfig@@`"
 			else
 				LIBS="$LIBS `$fontconfig_config --libs --static | tr '\n\r' '  '`"
 			fi
@@ -1433,8 +1433,8 @@ make_cflags_and_ldflags() {
 	#  not something we can control.
 	# Also make makedepend aware of compiler's built-in defines.
 	if [ "$with_makedepend" != "0" ] || [ "$enable_builtin_depend" != "0" ]; then
-		cflags_makedep="`echo | $cxx_host -E -x c++ -dM - | sed 's~.define ~-D~g;s~ .*~ ~g;s~(.*)~~g' | tr -d '\r\n'`"
-		cflags_makedep="$cflags_makedep `echo "$CFLAGS" | sed 's~ /~ -~g;s~-I[ ]*[^ ]*~~g'`"
+		cflags_makedep="`echo | $cxx_host -E -x c++ -dM - | sed 's@.define @-D@g;s@ .*@ @g;s@(.*)@@g' | tr -d '\r\n'`"
+		cflags_makedep="$cflags_makedep `echo "$CFLAGS" | sed 's@ /@ -@g;s@-I[ ]*[^ ]*@@g'`"
 	else
 		makedepend=""
 	fi
@@ -2604,105 +2604,105 @@ make_sed() {
 	#  use multiple OBJS_DIR, because all in-between
 	#  binaries are stored in there, and nowhere else.
 	SRC_REPLACE="
-		s~!!CC_HOST!!~$cc_host~g;
-		s~!!CXX_HOST!!~$cxx_host~g;
-		s~!!CC_BUILD!!~$cc_build~g;
-		s~!!CXX_BUILD!!~$cxx_build~g;
-		s~!!WINDRES!!~$windres~g;
-		s~!!STRIP!!~$strip $strip_arg~g;
-		s~!!LIPO!!~$lipo~g;
-		s~!!CC_CFLAGS!!~$CC_CFLAGS~g;
-		s~!!CFLAGS!!~$T_CFLAGS~g;
-		s~!!CFLAGS_BUILD!!~$CFLAGS_BUILD~g;
-		s~!!STRGEN_FLAGS!!~$strgen_flags~g;
-		s~!!LIBS!!~$LIBS~g;
-		s~!!LDFLAGS!!~$T_LDFLAGS~g;
-		s~!!BIN_DIR!!~$BIN_DIR~g;
-		s~!!ROOT_DIR!!~$ROOT_DIR~g;
-		s~!!MEDIA_DIR!!~$MEDIA_DIR~g;
-		s~!!SOURCE_LIST!!~$SOURCE_LIST~g;
-		s~!!SRC_OBJS_DIR!!~$SRC_OBJS_DIR~g;
-		s~!!LANG_OBJS_DIR!!~$LANG_OBJS_DIR~g;
-		s~!!SRC_DIR!!~$SRC_DIR~g;
-		s~!!SCRIPT_SRC_DIR!!~$SCRIPT_SRC_DIR~g;
-		s~!!OSXAPP!!~$OSXAPP~g;
-		s~!!LANG_DIR!!~$LANG_DIR~g;
-		s~!!TTD!!~$TTD~g;
-		s~!!BINARY_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$binary_dir~g;
-		s~!!DATA_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$data_dir~g;
-		s~!!DOC_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$doc_dir~g;
-		s~!!MAN_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$man_dir~g;
-		s~!!ICON_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$icon_dir~g;
-		s~!!ICON_THEME_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$icon_theme_dir~g;
-		s~!!PERSONAL_DIR!!~$personal_dir~g;
-		s~!!SHARED_DIR!!~$shared_dir~g;
-		s~!!INSTALL_DIR!!~$install_dir~g;
-		s~!!BINARY_NAME!!~$binary_name~g;
-		s~!!STRGEN!!~$STRGEN~g;
-		s~!!ENDIAN_CHECK!!~$ENDIAN_CHECK~g;
-		s~!!DEPEND!!~$DEPEND~g;
-		s~!!ENDIAN_FORCE!!~$endian~g;
-		s~!!STAGE!!~$STAGE~g;
-		s~!!MAKEDEPEND!!~$makedepend~g;
-		s~!!CFLAGS_MAKEDEP!!~$cflags_makedep~g;
-		s~!!SORT!!~$sort~g;
-		s~!!CONFIG_CACHE_COMPILER!!~config.cache.compiler~g;
-		s~!!CONFIG_CACHE_LINKER!!~config.cache.linker~g;
-		s~!!CONFIG_CACHE_ENDIAN!!~config.cache.endian~g;
-		s~!!CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE!!~config.cache.source~g;
-		s~!!CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION!!~config.cache.version~g;
-		s~!!CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE_LIST!!~config.cache.source.list~g;
-		s~!!CONFIG_CACHE_PWD!!~config.cache.pwd~g;
-		s~!!LANG_SUPPRESS!!~$lang_suppress~g;
-		s~!!OBJS_C!!~$OBJS_C~g;
-		s~!!OBJS_CPP!!~$OBJS_CPP~g;
-		s~!!OBJS_MM!!~$OBJS_MM~g;
-		s~!!OBJS_RC!!~$OBJS_RC~g;
-		s~!!SRCS!!~$SRCS~g;
-		s~!!OS!!~$os~g;
-		s~!!CONFIGURE_FILES!!~$CONFIGURE_FILES~g;
-		s~!!REVISION!!~$revision~g;
-		s~!!AWK!!~$awk~g;
-		s~!!GCC295!!~$gcc295~g;
-		s~!!DISTCC!!~$distcc~g;
+		s@!!CC_HOST!!@$cc_host@g;
+		s@!!CXX_HOST!!@$cxx_host@g;
+		s@!!CC_BUILD!!@$cc_build@g;
+		s@!!CXX_BUILD!!@$cxx_build@g;
+		s@!!WINDRES!!@$windres@g;
+		s@!!STRIP!!@$strip $strip_arg@g;
+		s@!!LIPO!!@$lipo@g;
+		s@!!CC_CFLAGS!!@$CC_CFLAGS@g;
+		s@!!CFLAGS!!@$T_CFLAGS@g;
+		s@!!CFLAGS_BUILD!!@$CFLAGS_BUILD@g;
+		s@!!STRGEN_FLAGS!!@$strgen_flags@g;
+		s@!!LIBS!!@$LIBS@g;
+		s@!!LDFLAGS!!@$T_LDFLAGS@g;
+		s@!!BIN_DIR!!@$BIN_DIR@g;
+		s@!!ROOT_DIR!!@$ROOT_DIR@g;
+		s@!!MEDIA_DIR!!@$MEDIA_DIR@g;
+		s@!!SOURCE_LIST!!@$SOURCE_LIST@g;
+		s@!!SRC_OBJS_DIR!!@$SRC_OBJS_DIR@g;
+		s@!!LANG_OBJS_DIR!!@$LANG_OBJS_DIR@g;
+		s@!!SRC_DIR!!@$SRC_DIR@g;
+		s@!!SCRIPT_SRC_DIR!!@$SCRIPT_SRC_DIR@g;
+		s@!!OSXAPP!!@$OSXAPP@g;
+		s@!!LANG_DIR!!@$LANG_DIR@g;
+		s@!!TTD!!@$TTD@g;
+		s@!!BINARY_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$binary_dir@g;
+		s@!!DATA_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$data_dir@g;
+		s@!!DOC_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$doc_dir@g;
+		s@!!MAN_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$man_dir@g;
+		s@!!ICON_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$icon_dir@g;
+		s@!!ICON_THEME_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$icon_theme_dir@g;
+		s@!!PERSONAL_DIR!!@$personal_dir@g;
+		s@!!SHARED_DIR!!@$shared_dir@g;
+		s@!!INSTALL_DIR!!@$install_dir@g;
+		s@!!BINARY_NAME!!@$binary_name@g;
+		s@!!STRGEN!!@$STRGEN@g;
+		s@!!ENDIAN_CHECK!!@$ENDIAN_CHECK@g;
+		s@!!DEPEND!!@$DEPEND@g;
+		s@!!ENDIAN_FORCE!!@$endian@g;
+		s@!!STAGE!!@$STAGE@g;
+		s@!!MAKEDEPEND!!@$makedepend@g;
+		s@!!CFLAGS_MAKEDEP!!@$cflags_makedep@g;
+		s@!!SORT!!@$sort@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_COMPILER!!@config.cache.compiler@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_LINKER!!@config.cache.linker@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_ENDIAN!!@config.cache.endian@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE!!@config.cache.source@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION!!@config.cache.version@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE_LIST!!@config.cache.source.list@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_PWD!!@config.cache.pwd@g;
+		s@!!LANG_SUPPRESS!!@$lang_suppress@g;
+		s@!!OBJS_C!!@$OBJS_C@g;
+		s@!!OBJS_CPP!!@$OBJS_CPP@g;
+		s@!!OBJS_MM!!@$OBJS_MM@g;
+		s@!!OBJS_RC!!@$OBJS_RC@g;
+		s@!!SRCS!!@$SRCS@g;
+		s@!!OS!!@$os@g;
+		s@!!CONFIGURE_FILES!!@$CONFIGURE_FILES@g;
+		s@!!REVISION!!@$revision@g;
+		s@!!AWK!!@$awk@g;
+		s@!!GCC295!!@$gcc295@g;
+		s@!!DISTCC!!@$distcc@g;
 	"
 
 	if [ "$icon_theme_dir" != "" ]; then
 		SRC_REPLACE="$SRC_REPLACE
-			s~!!ICON_THEME_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$icon_theme_dir~g;
+			s@!!ICON_THEME_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$icon_theme_dir@g;
 		"
 	else
 		SRC_REPLACE="$SRC_REPLACE
-			s~!!ICON_THEME_DIR!!~~g;
+			s@!!ICON_THEME_DIR!!@@g;
 		"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$man_dir" != "" ]; then
 		SRC_REPLACE="$SRC_REPLACE
-			s~!!MAN_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$man_dir~g;
+			s@!!MAN_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$man_dir@g;
 		"
 	else
 		SRC_REPLACE="$SRC_REPLACE
-			s~!!MAN_DIR!!~~g;
+			s@!!MAN_DIR!!@@g;
 		"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$menu_dir" != "" ]; then
 		SRC_REPLACE="$SRC_REPLACE
-			s~!!MENU_DIR!!~$prefix_dir/$menu_dir~g;
+			s@!!MENU_DIR!!@$prefix_dir/$menu_dir@g;
 		"
 	else
 		SRC_REPLACE="$SRC_REPLACE
-			s~!!MENU_DIR!!~~g;
+			s@!!MENU_DIR!!@@g;
 		"
 	fi
 }
 
 generate_menu_item() {
 	MENU_REPLACE="
-		s~!!TTD!!~$TTD~g;
-		s~!!MENU_GROUP!!~$menu_group~g;
-		s~!!MENU_NAME!!~$menu_name~g
+		s@!!TTD!!@$TTD@g;
+		s@!!MENU_GROUP!!@$menu_group@g;
+		s@!!MENU_NAME!!@$menu_name@g
 	"
 	log 1 "Generating menu item..."
 	mkdir -p media
diff --git a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--reconfig" ] || [ "$1" = "
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	# Make sure we don't lock config.cache
-	cat config.cache | sed 's~\\ ~\\\\ ~g' > cache.tmp
+	cat config.cache | sed 's@\\ @\\\\ @g' > cache.tmp
 	sh cache.tmp
 	rm -f cache.tmp
 	exit $?
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ENDIAN_CHECK="endian_check$EXE"
 DEPEND="depend$EXE"
 
 if [ -z "$sort" ]; then
-	PIPE_SORT="sed s~a~a~"
+	PIPE_SORT="sed s@a@a@"
 else
 	PIPE_SORT="$sort"
 fi
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ SRCS="`    echo \"$SRCS\" | $awk ' { ORS
 
 # In makefiles, we always use -u for sort
 if [ -z "$sort" ]; then
-	sort="sed s~a~a~"
+	sort="sed s@a@a@"
 else
 	sort="$sort -u"
 fi
diff --git a/findversion.sh b/findversion.sh
--- a/findversion.sh
+++ b/findversion.sh
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ]; then
 	fi
 	HASH=`LC_ALL=C git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`
 	REV="g`echo $HASH | cut -c1-8`"
-	BRANCH=`git branch|grep '[*]' | sed 's~\* ~~;s~^master$~~'`
-	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C git log --pretty=format:%s "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s~.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*~\1~"`
+	BRANCH=`git branch|grep '[*]' | sed 's@\* @@;s@^master$@@'`
+	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C git log --pretty=format:%s "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s@.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*@\1@"`
 elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.hg" ]; then
 	# We are a hg checkout
 	if [ -n "`hg status \"$SRC_DIR\" | grep -v '^?'`" ]; then
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.hg" ]; then
 	fi
 	HASH=`LC_ALL=C hg parents 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | cut -d: -f3`
 	REV="h`echo $HASH | cut -c1-8`"
-	BRANCH=`hg branch | sed 's~^default$~~'`
-	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C hg log -r $HASH:0 -k "svn" -l 1 --template "{desc}\n" "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s~.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*~\1~"`
+	BRANCH=`hg branch | sed 's@^default$@@'`
+	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C hg log -r $HASH:0 -k "svn" -l 1 --template "{desc}\n" "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s@.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*@\1@"`
 else
 	# We don't know
 	MODIFIED="1"
diff --git a/projects/determineversion.vbs b/projects/determineversion.vbs
--- a/projects/determineversion.vbs
+++ b/projects/determineversion.vbs
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ End Sub
 
 Sub UpdateFile(modified, revision, version, cur_date, filename)
 	FSO.CopyFile filename & ".in", filename
-	FindReplaceInFile filename, "@@MODIFIED@@", modified
-	FindReplaceInFile filename, "@@REVISION@@", revision
-	FindReplaceInFile filename, "@@VERSION@@", version
-	FindReplaceInFile filename, "@@DATE@@", cur_date
+	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!MODIFIED!!", modified
+	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!REVISION!!", revision
+	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!VERSION!!", version
+	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!DATE!!", cur_date
 End Sub
 
 Sub UpdateFiles(version)
diff --git a/src/ottdres.rc.in b/src/ottdres.rc.in
--- a/src/ottdres.rc.in
+++ b/src/ottdres.rc.in
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 0,8,0,@@REVISION@@
- PRODUCTVERSION 0,8,0,@@REVISION@@
+ FILEVERSION 0,8,0,!!REVISION!!
+ PRODUCTVERSION 0,8,0,!!REVISION!!
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License.\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "OpenTTD Development Team\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "OpenTTD\0"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "Development @@VERSION@@\0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "Development !!VERSION!!\0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "openttd\0"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright \xA9 OpenTTD Developers 2002-2009. All Rights Reserved.\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "openttd.exe\0"
             VALUE "PrivateBuild", "\0"
             VALUE "ProductName", "OpenTTD\0"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "Development @@VERSION@@\0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "Development !!VERSION!!\0"
             VALUE "SpecialBuild", "-\0"
         END
     END
diff --git a/src/rev.cpp.in b/src/rev.cpp.in
--- a/src/rev.cpp.in
+++ b/src/rev.cpp.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * norev000 is for non-releases that are made on systems without
  * subversion or sources that are not a checkout of subversion.
  */
-const char _openttd_revision[] = "@@VERSION@@";
+const char _openttd_revision[] = "!!VERSION!!";
 
 /**
  * Let us know if current build was modified. This detection
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const char _openttd_revision[] = "@@VERS
  * (compiling from sources without any version control software)
  * and 2 is for modified revision.
  */
-const byte _openttd_revision_modified = @@MODIFIED@@;
+const byte _openttd_revision_modified = !!MODIFIED!!;
 
 /**
  * The NewGRF revision of OTTD:
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ const byte _openttd_revision_modified = 
  * final release will always have a lower version number than the released
  * version, thus making comparisions on specific revisions easy.
  */
-const uint32 _openttd_newgrf_version = 0 << 28 | 8 << 24 | 0 << 20 | 0 << 19 | (@@REVISION@@ & ((1 << 19) - 1));
+const uint32 _openttd_newgrf_version = 0 << 28 | 8 << 24 | 0 << 20 | 0 << 19 | (!!REVISION!! & ((1 << 19) - 1));
 
 #ifdef __MORPHOS__
 /**
  * Variable used by MorphOS to show the version.
  */
-extern const char morphos_versions_tag[] = "$VER: OpenTTD @@VERSION@@ (@@DATE@@) OpenTTD Team [MorphOS, PowerPC]";
+extern const char morphos_versions_tag[] = "$VER: OpenTTD !!VERSION!! (!!DATE!!) OpenTTD Team [MorphOS, PowerPC]";
 #endif